Caring for creatures has always been a passion for Kathy KasaKaitas. There's not a single one that doesn't get the care and attention she thinks it deserves. From the teeny tiny to the unusual ones. Kathy has dozens of bats in her care right now.

Pack Burro Racing is a sport indigenous to the state of Colorado. Next year marks its 70th anniversary. In the early days of the mining, miners would take burros, the Spanish word for donkey, through the mountains of Colorado to search for minerals and gold.

Sarah Pederson is a self taught artist who never imagined she would be paid for doing what she loves. Sarah's hobby blossomed into a business when she created a specialized niche in the French Trompe l' oeil style of painting that aims to fool the eye.

Mary Ellen Haupert is many things including an established musician and teacher but she doesn't let labels define her. "Society doesn't have to tell me that I have to stay home all the time. Society doesn't have to tell me that everyday there is this fixed thing that you do and that's all that's really expected of you."

La Crosse, WI (WXOW) --- In this month's edition of "Everyone Has a Story" we learn how a 19 year old woman from Reedsburg kicked her reliance on pain medication after a year and a half. Hannah Erdman said she had enough of feeling bad.

When Chuck Potter shows up he means business. "Anything that has a hoof on it, it's the farrier's job to take care of," said Potter. Typically it's horses, donkeys, and goats, but here at the Money Creek Buffalo Ranch, Chuck gets a little bit of everything.

82-year-old Dennis Wood was quite the adventurer...hiking, hunting and exploring in countries all over the world. Wood said the hardest part of his travel though was seeing how poor people are in other countries and how much is wasted in the United States.

Onalaska, Wisconsin (WXOW) --- There's a heightened sense of curiosity among the kids on the first day of farm camp. Donna Murphy says she wouldn't have it any other way. "I like creativity, imagination. I like outside the box...that's what you get with kids," said Murphy.

The Dim Sum Tea Shop in downtown La Crosse was Kelly Dang's other option. The former math teacher with 17 years under her belt, intended to continue teaching in the United States after moving here from China in 2008 but she couldn't find a job.

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It's a typical Thursday night at Huck Finns where music fans come to hear the 4th Dimension with singer Joe Cody and Jan-Arden Petersen but there's another attraction drawing a crowd on this night a man by the name of Don Denny.More >>

It's a typical Thursday night at Huck Finns where music fans come to hear the 4th Dimension with singer Joe Cody and Jan-Arden Petersen but there's another attraction drawing a crowd on this night a man by the name of Don Denny.More >>